Material for surface treatment

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a material for surface treatment, including: a main body made of a flexible raw material with capability of adsorbing liquid, and a plurality of protrusions vertically disposed on and protruding from a surface of the main body, wherein the protrusions are presented as polygonal columns and internal angles of the polygonal columns are between 90 to 180 degrees, and a tunnel for discharging is formed among the polygonal columns. The main body is allowed to adsorb polishing agent to facilitate the protrusions treating a surface to be processed. The designs of polygonal shape and discharging tunnel are favorable for discharging particle waste produced from surface treatment, thereby preventing the surface to be processed from being damaged.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a material for surface treatment,capable of adsorbing polishing fluids in order to facilitate surfacetreatment such as grinding, polishing and cleansing to the surface to beprocessed. The present invention is also beneficial for structuredesigned for discharging particle waste from surface treatment, wherebythe surface to be processed is prevented from damaged.

2. Description of the Related Art

Conventional arts associated with the present invention are related to,but not limited to, semiconductor industry, glass substrate industry,production of various smooth panels and the like. Most materials usedfor grinding, polishing, cleansing or similar applications in theindustries abovementioned are usually a type of grinding plate, such asa polishing plate disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,699,106, which is madeinto plate shape with ceramics or rigid alloys, wherein a plurality ofgrooves are carved onto the surface to form protrusions.

Such materials may as well be a nail polisher as disclosed in U.S. Pat.No. 5,658,184, including a base plate with a main surface, and aplurality of abrasive particles, wherein the abrasive particles are madeof composite raw materials and attached to the main surface by applyingadhesive.

The two conventional arts above use abrasive effect produced byinteractive movement among the rigid polishing plate (base plate),protrusion (abrasive particles) and surface to be processed, in order toachieve the desired effect of surface treatment.

However, taking U.S. Pat. No. 6,699,106 as an example, transverse andvertical grooves intercross perpendicularly. The interactive movementbetween the polishing plate and the surface to be processed is presentedperpendicularly against the carved grooves, whereby the particle wasteis accumulated on lateral side of the e protrusions, thus unfavorablefor discharging. Besides, after repetitive and numerous abrasions, theaccumulated particle waste scratches and damage the surface to beprocessed. As for U.S. Pat. No. 5,658,184, the abrasive particles areattached by applying adhesive. The abrasive particles tend to detachesas a result of friction force in the process of surface treatment,causing the mix of the abrasive particles and particle waste, therebyscratching and damaging the surface to be processed.

Also in the process of grinding and polishing, polishing fluid isusually added between the polishing plate and the surface to beprocessed, in order to enhance the effect of grinding and polishing.However, the rigid polishing plate (base plate) lacks obvious effect ofadsorbing liquid. Therefore, the polishing fluid must be continuouslyadded to flush in the process of surface treatment, whereby most of thepolishing fluid flows away directly and thus is unable to facilitate thesurface treatment.

Additionally, most of the rigid polishing plate (base plate) only actson flat surfaces, and inconvenient to be used on curved or shapedsurfaces.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a material for surface treatment,comprising a main body made of a soft material with capability ofadsorbing liquid and a plurality of protrusions disposed and protrudingon a surface of the main body, wherein each of the protrusions is in ashape of polygonal column, and each internal angle of the polygonalcolumn is between 90 to 180 degrees. A gap lies in between each of thecolumns, wherein a tunnel is formed in web shape by the interconnectionof the gaps. The main body and the protrusions are made of, but notlimited to, artificial leather, polyurethane, resin or acrylic, wherebythe main body and the protrusions thus possess flexibility,absorptivity, and are prevented from dropping dust waste.

The present invention has following advantages:

-   -   1. The protrusions are presented as polygonal columns, wherein        each internal angle of the polygonal column is between 90 to 180        degrees. When the main body rubs against the surface to be        processed, the polygonal column shape of the protrusions lower        the accumulation of the particle waste, thereby aiding the        particle waste to be discharged from the space among the        protrusions.    -   2. The main body is capable of adsorbing liquid. In the process        of surface treatment, the main body is allowed to efficiently        adsorb polishing fluid such as the polishing agent, cleansing        fluid or water, and the protrusions thereby scrape off        extraneous matters on the surface to be processed by cooperating        with the polishing fluid. Therefore, the present invention may        be widely applied in grinding, polishing and cleansing        industries or other businesses alike.    -   3. The main body is made of flexible material, wherein the        shapes of the main body and the protrusions are allowed to        change in accordance with the shapes of the surface to be        processed while used on curved, angled or shaped surfaces, and        thus widening the range of application.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the protrusions of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of the present invention,illustrating absorption of polishing fluid.

FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of the present invention,illustrating an operation status of processing surface treatment inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the present invention, illustrating anoperation status of discharging particle waste in accordance with thepresent invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of the present invention,illustrating an applied status of the present invention to a non-flatsurface.

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of another embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention is a material for surfacetreatment, comprising a main body 10 and a plurality of protrusions 20disposed on a surface 11 of the main body 10.

The main body 10 is made of a flexible material, chosen from at leastone of artificial leather, polyurethane, resin or acrylic, withcapability of adsorbing liquid, wherein the structural form of the mainbody 10 includes, but not limited to, a plate, a block, a weaved objector a felt.

The protrusions 20 vertically protrude from the surface 11 of the mainbody 10, wherein each protrusion 20 is presented as a polygonal column,and each internal angle 21, of θ degrees, on the periphery of the columnis between 90 to 180 degrees, as shown in FIG. 2. In addition, a gap 22lies in between each of the protrusions 20, wherein the interconnectionof the gaps 22 forms a web shape tunnel 30.

The protrusions 20 are mainly made of at least one of polyurethane,resin or acrylic. The materials above make the main body 10 and theprotrusions 20 possess flexibility, absorptivity and prevented fromdropping dust waste.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the protrusions 20 and the main body 10may be made of same material and integral. Or, as shown in FIGS. 7-8,the protrusions 20 and the main body 10 may be made of differentmaterials, and the protrusions 20 are attached to the surface 11 of themain body 10 by adhesion or other methods for combination.

The protrusions 20 protrude from the surface 11 of the main body 10,thereby increasing the facial abrasive force of the main body 10. Asshown in FIG. 4, the adsorptivity of the main body 10 helps to adsorb apolishing fluid 91, such as polishing agent, into the main body 10 andthe gaps 22 between the protrusions 20, whereby the polishing fluid 91is allowed to be kept in the main body 10 to be prevented from droppingand flowing away.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the process of surface treatment, the protrusions20 with the polishing fluid 91 scrape off extraneous matters or unevenportions on a surface to be processed 90 and flatly grind, therebycompleting the process of cleansing, grinding or polishing the surface.The extraneous matters produced by grinding, such as particle waste 92,are carried away by the protrusions 20 or fall into the gaps 22 betweenthe protrusions 20, thereby prevented from attaching on the surface ofthe object grinded or polished, in order to avoid re-scratching thesurface to be processed 90.

In addition, the polishing fluid adsorbed by the main body 10, such aspolishing agent, cleansing fluid or water, are released between theprotrusions 20 and the surface to be processed 90 in the process ofsurface treatment, thereby optimizing the effect of cleansing, grindingand polishing, and also helpful for carrying away the extraneous matterssuch as the particle waste 92 and cleansing the surface to be processed90. The polishing fluid 91 does not need to be added repeatedly, wherebythe utilizing rate of the polishing fluid 91 is increased.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, after the particle waste 92 produced fromgrinding fall into the gaps 22 between the protrusions 20, the movingforce of the main body 10 motivates the particle waste 92 to move in thetunnel 30 formed by the gaps 22, whereby the particle waste 92 isdischarged from the main body 10. Based on the polygonal-columnar shapeof the protrusions 20, the θ degrees of all the internal angles 21 onthe periphery is between 90 to 180 degrees. Taking the hexagonal columnsshown in FIGS. 1-6 for example, the particle waste 92 is allowed to passthe gaps 22 between each of the protrusions 20, and thus moving in theinterconnected tunnel 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the degrees of theinternal angles 21 are designed to make adjacent gaps 22 a, 22 b and 22c intercross with an angle between 90 to 180 degrees. When the particlewaste 92 in the gap 22 a moves toward the marked internal angle 21 a,the degrees of the internal angle 21 a is favorable for inducing theparticle waste 92 to flow toward the gap 22 b and 22 c, thereby loweringthe chance of the particle waste 92 stuck on lateral side of theprotrusions 20, and enabling the particle waste 92 to be dischargedalong the tunnel 30.

Furthermore, the polishing fluid 91 released by the main body 10 notonly enhances the effect of grinding, polishing and cleansing, but alsohelps to carry the particle waste 92 into the gaps 22 after mixed withthe particle waste 92, and accelerates the moving and discharges of theparticle waste 92 through the tunnel 30.

As shown in FIG. 7, because the main body 10 is made of flexiblematerial with capability of bending and deforming, when the shape of thesurface to be processed 90 is not a flat surface, the main body 10 isallowed to bend and deform in accordance with the shape of the surfaceto be processed 90, in order to reduce the formation of gaps or blindspots, thereby increasing the evenness of grinding, polishing andcleansing.

As shown in FIGS. 8-9, to achieve objectives of various applications,the protrusions 20 and the main body 10 are allowed to be made ofdifferent raw materials, while the protrusions 20 are attached to thesurface 11 of the main body 10 by methods of combining such as adhesion.Therefore, with the combination of protrusions 20 and the main body 10with different hardness, products with different textures from grindingand polishing are allowed to be produced.

Although a number of best embodiments of the invention have beendescribed for purposes of illustration, various modifications andenhancements by skilled people may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not tobe limited except as by the appended claims, and all modifications andenhancements without departing the spirit of the invention are includedwithin the scale of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A material for surface treatment, comprising: amain body made of a flexible raw material, capable of adsorbing liquid;and a plurality of protrusions vertically disposed and protruding from asurface of the main body, wherein the protrusions are presented aspolygonal columns, with each internal angle of the protrusions isbetween 90 to 180 degrees, wherein a gap lies in between each of theprotrusions, while the gaps interconnect to form a tunnel.
 2. A materialfor surface treatment of claim 1, wherein the protrusions are mainlymade of at least one of polyurethane, resin or acrylic.
 3. A materialfor surface treatment of claim 1, wherein the main body is mainly madeof at least one of artificial leather, polyurethane, resin or acrylic.4. A material for surface treatment of claim 1, wherein the protrusionsand the main body are integral.
 5. A material for surface treatment ofclaim 1, wherein the protrusions are combined to the surface of the mainbody.